Devastation
The Devastation was a Lunar Class Cruiser in the Imperial Fists Legion, during the Horus Heresy.[1]
History
It was part of the Retribution Fleet sent by the Primarch Rogal Dorn to confront Horus, when the Heresy began. However, due to severe Warp Storms, the Fleet was left stranded in the Phall System and the Devastation later fought the Iron Warriors Legion, during the Battle of Phall. However the Fleet's Captain, Alexis Polux, later gave the order to retreat back to Terra before the Fleet became trapped due to the Warp Storms. The Devastation and its fellow Lunar Class Cruisers Ramses and Pylades, were unable to escape in time and were left behind by the Retribution Fleet. Now surrounded by nothing but the Iron Warriors' fleet and the wrecks of the two Legions' warships, the three Cruisers attempted to escape to the nearby Tarkovsky Epsilon System.[1]
The Iron Warrior's Primarch Perturabo, who was still angered by his failure to destroy the Retribution Fleet, refused to let the Cruisers escape and pursued them aboard his flagship, the Iron Blood. As the Cruisers raced to safety, their crews devised a plan which would see the Pylades and Ramses escape into the asteroid field surrounding the gas giant Tarkovsky II. It was hoped that the Iron Blood would pursue them into it and allow the Devastation to launch a surprise attack on the much larger warship. This plan would fail, though, as the Iron Blood reached the Pylades and Ramses shortly after they neared the gas giant. The Iron Blood then quickly destroyed the Pylades and Ramses; leaving the Devastation's crew with the choice of trying to escape or launching a suicidal attack on the Iron Blood. The order to attack the Iron Warriors' flagship was given, but Perturabo refused to have the Iron Blood fire upon the Devastation. He had no respect for such weak-willed tactics and Perturabo decided to show his disdain by having the Iron Blood ram the Devastation instead. The Cruiser had no chance against the much larger warship and it was utterly obliterated by the impact.[1]
